Hastings Marathon (100th Anniversary)

[jason knight]

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Brighton and Hove Team
14/12/2008 :RFLMAO:
Jason Knight

The build up was perfect! Not. I did not know i was going to run until the week before. When Richard kindly agreed to give me his number at the club Christmas do. Where we had to wait for 5 hours before the food came! If wed had known this we would have all had a 3 course meal at home before wed come down to double carbo load for the next week. The food was good tho and well worth the wait. (apart from sams tash which he kept getting covered in milk and pizza) I’m not sure what training i actually did for the race but I know I did some. This was my 3^rd marathon 1^st and 2^nd back in 97 so was very experienced at this sort of event!

I was going to go over in the hippy van with "me Julie" Drake (veteran of 17 marathons and a sub 3 pb, boy does this girl know how to run) but i heard from the wire I had on her and gary at the xmas do that she would have dopped me so she, gary and simon could beat me on the day.
I reported the matter to Daniel Craig and he advised I drive over of my own accord.

Regrettably I did so on the Saturday evening (as id rather had gone over with the team) but found sanctuary at some old friends of mine from Hastings
I soon realised that “me Julie” Drake knew her and she had tried to keep me up late with pointless conversation and tried to get me to eat her space cake but i knew again it was a set up. Therefore i prayed to the almighty for the love and peace of the holy spirit hit me and I slept well.
It was a very convenient place to stay as it was all of 3 minutes from the start finish line and the local pool. I was therefore able to jog up to the pool for an 8.30 dip before a quick slurp of tea, banana cake and half a boiled egg for breakfast.

I was a tad later than i would have liked to have been to warm up for the race as me other me Julie tried to drug me again in the morning. She confessed that it was also because Simon Ho and Julie Drake were forming a conspiracy against me as they saw me as a threat (even tho were in the same team). But alas for them it did not work. Because I was late ( as I was for the
Oh yes onto the race here we go, but no but yes but no but yes.
This action gave me the glory of leading the race for the first 200m. not being the most experienced runner in the world i was not sure what to expect. I had done the jog shop jog but that was a couple of months back. I kept a steady pace for the first few miles and felt good. On mile 6 or so ersonName wt="on">FionaersonName> came up from behind me . (Not literally, that’s what Sam wanted to do and the only reason he actually was growing his tash was to enable him to come out the closet once and for all, not to look authentic in his costume it was all a big lie!) we will continue to pray for him in this regard. I don’t think i had ever seen anyone look so relaxed and laid back as ersonName wt="on">FionaersonName> did at that point. She was so relaxed she looked as tho she was taking the dog for a walk. She said hello Jase how are you? while jogging along she was casually sipping a cup of tea with a bone china Royal t="on"> tea cup and saucer. In her 3^rd hand she was dunking a very healthy oat grain low glycemic index biscuit which did not even get soggy or drop into her tea as us mere mortals biscuits always do, she is surely talented that girl. Anyway off she went on her merry way out into the a biss in front of me, and onto a great finish. Running along the decline after towards Battle an unusually good looking already drenched plumber came along side me it was...Steve he was telling me that it was a good 3.15 pace, again i had no idea what to expect. He also told me that he’d split up from his girlfriend the week before. I felt sorry for him. when he broke the news to her he said ”I am sorry luv but its over… Flo!”
Daryl graham was at this point motoring along. Little did anyone know what a legend this man is. Me Julie Drakes plan to dope me back fired as Daryl was the one caught up in the crossfire. He was at the honey club until 4am on the Sunday morning so to finish the race in such a good time was admirable this was really a legendry performance. He will one day have the victory this man is made of carbon steel fibres.
Gary Christie was also motoring along very well too. This man is a machine. He is also very modest. He can do ironmen backwards with his eyes shut. (in fact a virtually blind man did run past me at 10 miles and i did not re pass him, how is that for inspiration. Still slightly injured after his PB at Abingdon Gary made light of the undulating course with me Julie Drake for support. Along the way i heard them thru my antennae the grenade they had planted on the beach so they could take me out. Unfortunately for them it was diffused by my right hand girl who I radioed forward to, ersonName wt="on">FionaersonName> Powell. The most laid back Im horizontal runner in the west, or east in our case as we live in East Sussex
Got to 13 miles and still felt good was not sure what the time was. still did not know what to expect.
Amanda Hester was cruising at mile 15 as pictured her white pop socks giving her the placebo effect. Motoring nicely on to a very good 3.31 PB she did sweat a little bit but that was only because she had a head band on. She doesn’t normally and certainly does not pass wind ever, even at Christmas.
I was labouring a bit as we approached Bexhill. At this point my right calf was giving me gip so I regrettably stopped for a stretch. This was a good move as it eased straight away. This was why Simon Ho caught me up on galley hill, and also because I had stopped for a coffee and a doughnut.
Because of their conspiracy I decided to let him over take me on top of the hill at mile 22 and lull him into a false sense of security. This was when he must have thought the plot had worked with me Julie, but it of course had not. As we got to the pebbles i thought lovely and decided the best form of defence was attack so i did, not literally of course that is the job of the Ninja turtles.
Its very easy to labour at this late stage in the race so i turned the gas up a bit and left simon in my wake as I sipped my tea on the way past him I decided to leave my low glycemic index biscuit until the finish. Where ersonName wt="on">FionaersonName> was waiting with hers and her undented Royalt="on"> china tea set. This girl is truely amazing and like Amanda does not even sweat ( apart from when she saw Sam in his outfit and tash, we all did at that point!)
There waiting was in fact oh no! Sam and his tash again. I knew it! the editor from revenge club magazine had come along to shoot him for the next edition. He had done a roaring trade that day and got 5 phone numbers, all male admirers.
Sean Billing 2.55 and Andy Pain 2.54 had long been in by this point having not only finished their tea with our club Royal Dalton t="on"> tea set, had a warm down, stretch and done an ab workout as well. These two guys gave a masterclass in distance running placing 11^th and 9th respectively. They let their running do the talking, were focused, modest, good looking and very fit. (No im not gay, thats sam with the tash.)
All in all a good day, great end to the year for all and my birthday week. the big 40 next year.
Luckily for simon, Gary and me Julie from staines my heel is not quite 100% so their little conspiracy has worked for now but watch out for the next exicting episode of the Brighton and Hove marathon teams exploits on running commentary.
You can also catch the next episode on channel 5 Tuesday s and Thursdays at 21.00. Omnibus Sundays at 15.00
God bless you all, god bless The Queen, God bless t="on">America, Royal Doulton and low glycemic index biscuits. (if anyone wants a recipe let me know)
Jason